Well, posting the ship story in the Military & Government Projects forum would probably
earn you a response, as I'm going to guess that it wasn't a backyard scientist that managed to get a ship to do that, and your meteorflakes story
would probably fit well in the Space forum, as people that know about comets and things
hang about in there.
Sorry I can't help you with either of your questions. The meteor one sounds mighty interesting, and a little bit creepy . . .

